dr. moriarty, you got me. >> stephen: yes, touche, dr. moriarty, weiner sees through you like sherlock holmes, or in this case, john holmes. now i hope, folks, i hope weiner is mistaken. i hope this isn't some sort of childish attack just because of his unfortunate last name. because if he's right, i fear for the twitter feeds of congressman jack johnson, norman dick, billy long, leonard lance, elijah cummings, timothy bishop, he better hope there's no pictures of him polishing anything. and i do not want to find out what a shimkiss is and i certainly don't want to se see-- chamblin. and hacking-- (applause) >> stephen: and hacking may not be the only cybercrime that weiner is a victim of. >> have you ever taken a picture like of this yourself. >> i can tell you this. that there are, i have photographs. i don't know what photographs are out there in the world of me. i don't know what things have been manipulated and dock tord. photoses can can be manipulated. photos can be of one thing changed to look like something else. >> stephen: yes,

dr. moriarty, you got me. i got the joke and continued on with my life.ly, that's what i would encourage everyone to do. i don't believe this is a big federal issue. >> are you protecting anyone? >> yes. >> who? >> i'm protecting my wife, who every day is waking up to these insane stories that are getting so far from reality. you know, we've been married less than a year. to watch her watch these stories, get crazier and crazier about what is essential a prank, a hoax. we went to bed that night not patting an eye, this is a goofy thing that happened. she married a congressman, okay? she knows a little bit about something living a public life. she knows that goes along with a little aggravation. i don't think she imagined that it would be this, this bizarre stories about people that are connected to me by eight or nine rings of connection on social media. i'm protecting her the best i can. i can handle myself. these poor people who are getting dragged into this with these more and more bizarre conspiracy theories, i'm protecting people who are so offended

dr. moriarti, you got me.tweeted that i got the joke and went on with my life. frankly, that's what i encourage everyone to do. >> you didn't send that photo to that woman in washington state? >> i didn't send it. >> but you're not 100% sure whether the photo is actual lly you? >> what i am going to say is we're doing everything to answer that question. i want to caution you that photographs can be doctored or manipulated, can be taken from one place and put in another. i want to make it clear this is, in my view, not a federal case. in my view, this is not an international conspiracy. this is a hoax, and i think people should tweet it that way. >> cnn's kate bolduan tried to ask congressman weiner a few minutes ago. kate, he just came out and offered you beverages, right? >> he offered, as he has before, to make us as comfortable as possible as people are standing outside of his office. it was clear today, he came out and gave a brief statement to cameras basically saying he spent all day yesterday answering